US Congressional Reps were NOT to meet at UN HQ (Canal Hotel)

Junkdrawer

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Wed Aug-20-03 09:53 AM
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US Congressional Reps were NOT to meet at UN HQ (Canal Hotel)

It was widely reported on this site yesterday that a congressional delegation was �minutes� away from a meeting with the late Sergio de Mello (UN special envoy for Iraq) at the Canal Hotel, then the UN HQ in Iraq. Indeed, this was and continues to be cited as the actual reason for the attack.

However, the meeting was to have taken place at US Military HQ:

The session was scrapped because the plane she and other lawmakers were traveling on was delayed on a flight from Jordan. The meeting was to have been at the military headquarters used by the U.S.-led forces in Iraq, about 5 miles from the U.N. site, Cantwell said.

More�

http://www.komotv.com/stories/26708.htm

I hope this clears up this little misunderstanding. Thanks go to stickdog for his usual persistence.

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demnan

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Wed Aug-20-03 09:56 AM
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1. Thank you

I was wondering.

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Junkdrawer

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Wed Aug-20-03 10:19 AM
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2. I'll be kicking this up from time-to-time today...

:kick:

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Junkdrawer

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Wed Aug-20-03 11:00 AM
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6. Kick

:kick:

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Junkdrawer

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Wed Aug-20-03 11:54 AM
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7. And again

:kick:

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papau

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Wed Aug-20-03 10:40 AM
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3. Fox said Canal Hotel - they were wrong? - first time!

Like Rush - they are not news - just entertainment!

In any case, I will put the new fact under my tinfoil hat - and stop admiring Rove's timing of the blast!

:-)

:-)

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pansypoo53219

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Wed Aug-20-03 10:40 AM
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4. but

did the terrorists know that.

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Junkdrawer

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Wed Aug-20-03 10:41 AM
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5. BTW: It was a flatbed truck, not a cement mixer...

And it was old munitions, not C4.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A19559-2003Aug20?language=printer

Wonder if it was a "suicide bomber" after all???

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Atlant

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Wed Aug-20-03 12:15 PM
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8. As compared to, say "M&M Enterprises"?

> Wonder if it was a "suicide bomber" after all???

As compared to, say an "M&M Enterprises" operation?

"Milo!!!!!!"

Atlant

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Junkdrawer

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Wed Aug-20-03 12:28 PM
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9. A link for you...

http://lorenwebster.net/In_a_Dark_Time/archives/000486.html

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Junkdrawer

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Wed Aug-20-03 01:46 PM
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10. And a kick

:kick:

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